Eduardo
Dantas will defend his Bellator bantamweight title for the
first time Thursday night, as both “Dudu” and challenger Marcos Galvao
were cleared to competed at Wednesday’s Bellator
89 weigh-ins.

Dantas checked in at 134.6 pounds, while Galvao tipped the scales
at 134.7. The two Nova Uniao representatives top the evening’s main
card, which airs live on Spike TV and also features the
quarterfinals of Bellator’s Season 8 middleweight tournament.